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Tanzania to become fifth top uranium producer in Africa

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He told journalists that in the coming two years they will start mining activities, the project expected to boost the country's economy. “We are finalising the Mkuju River project, we are looking forward to start trial as in the coming two years,” he said.

According to Mr Shotov, the project started seven years ago and that it has reached to the implementation stage after various research studies were conducted. He said the project is expected to provide employment to various Tanzanians and promote various economic activities across the country.

“Mkuju River Project in Tanzania is among the world’s most promising uranium projects.

The project is currently maintained in the active status as research work and preparatory operations are under way,” he said. MANTRA Tanzania Mnaging Director Mr Frederick Kibodya said that Mkuju River Project would be the first uranium mine in the country.

He said since establishment of the project, over 200m/- US dollar have already been used in exploration, constructing infrastructure and supporting local communities. “The projects will increase national income and employment to many Tanzanian.

Tanzania will be the leader in mining technologies,” he said. He said upon the completion Mkuju River Project would employ 1,600 people.

Tanzania to become fifth top uranium producer in Africa
 
Firm earmark Tanzania for world-class logistics park
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The company said yesterday in a statement that a similar distribution facility has been opened near Ghana’s main port. The park is the first of a network of logistics parks Agility intends to build across Africa, bringing world-class warehousing and logistics capabilities.

The other parks will also be in Cote D’Ivoire, Nigeria, Mozambique and Angola. The company has additional sites available in Senegal, Mauritius and Cameroon.

Tenants at the 45-acre Ghana Agility Distribution Park in the Tema Port Free Trade Zone Enclave include multinationals entering the West African market and small and medium-size Ghanaian companies using the park to expand their operations in light manufacturing and export and import.

“One of the biggest constraints to companies starting to do business in Africa is the lack of quality logistics and infrastructure,” said Geoffrey White, CEO of Agility Africa. “This is inhibiting the growth of trade, imports, exports and manufacturing.”

The Agility parks provide 24-hour security, reliable power and connectivity, and international-standard warehousing and logistics services. In addition, Agility develops “Build-to-Suit” options for customers to meet their specific requirements.

“Agility is a world leader in developing logistics parks around the globe. We are committed to using this in-depth experience to establish a network of quality facilities in Africa,” White said.

“By developing and leasing much-needed warehousing, the Agility Distribution Parks help companies operate in Africa with the reliable, modern and secure infrastructure they need to grow their business, allowing them to access new markets without committing large amounts of capital.”

To meet demand, Agility is building seven more warehouses at the Ghana park in a second phase of development. It is also finalizing proposals for several large Build-to-Suit facilities at the Ghana park, each tailored to specific customer requirements with sizes ranging from 5,000 square metres to 25,000 square metres.

The 2016 Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index ranked Ghana as one of the most promising markets in Africa. Africa’s growing middle class and consumer spending were identified as the most significant drivers for Africa’s growth in the Index, an annual ranking of the world’s most attractive emerging markets countries.

To provide training in management and logistics-related skills, Agility has developed leadership programs for Africa that are available to local employees and university graduates. Trainees will have the opportunity to gain experience working with Agility in Ghana and around the world.

“Agility is investing in the future of Africa by funding and developing projects that build long-term sustainable businesses. The Ghana distribution park is just the first step,” White said. “We are proud to be supporting Ghana’s economic growth, and the economic growth of Africa as a whole.”
 
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Turkish Airlines to fly to Tanzania's Zanzibar


Zanzibar is Turkey's flag carrier 50th destination in Africa

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Turkish Airlines will begin operating flights from Istanbul to the Tanzanian tourist destination of Zanzibar by the end of this year, the company said in a written statement on Friday.

The airline stated that Zanzibar would be the company's 293rd destination worldwide and the 50th in 31 African countries.

The company added that flights between Istanbul and Zanzibar would operate three days a week to and fro on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday, with costs starting as low as $636 all-inclusive. They will start on Dec. 12

Turkish Airlines already offers flights to the Tanzanian capital Dar es Salaam and to Kilimanjaro International Airport.

Turkey's flag carrier flies to 116 countries around the world, more than any other airline, according to the company.

Turkish Airlines to fly to Tanzania's Zanzibar
 
Kisumu airport yet to benefit from Sh3.3bn facelift



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Almost four years since the Kisumu airport was upgraded to international standards, not a single scheduled passenger flight has used it for direct international travel.

Traders who had set up businesses in the lakeside town hoping to cash in on international flights are now frustrated.

The facility is dominated by domestic operators flying from Nairobi, although it has received non-scheduled craft from countries such as South Africa, Seychelles, Nigeria, Europe, France, Italy and Sweden.

Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia says the airport has the facilities and services (Immigration, Port-health and Customs) to handle international flights.

“As the demand for such services improves, coupled with an ongoing facelift, we expect to have regular international flights,” says Mr Macharia.

He says the airport is being improved to handle larger aircraft. The upgrade includes strengthening of the runway and expansion of its shoulders. It is scheduled for completion in June, 2017, at a cost of about Sh600 million.

Mr Macharia says cargo facilities are run on a concession basis, with Trans Global Ltd being awaited to develop transit sheds and warehouses. The capacity will be determined by business volumes, he says.

The Kisumu International Airport (KIA) continues to be mainly dominated by local scheduled flight affiliated to Kenya Airways Ltd, and Fly540 Kenya, which fly the Kisumu-Nairobi route.

The business community in Kisumu and western region, say this scenario has seriously disorganized them as many ventured into the lakeside town in anticipation that they will be able to cash in on the expected large number of international arrivals.

The Sh3.3 billion upgrade of Kisumu airport to international standards which started in October 2008 involved the extension of the runway, and widening its width to enable it accommodate larger aircrafts. There was also the construction of taxi way, apron and a new terminal that can now hold upto 600 people per hour.

Mr Robinson Anyal, chairman Western Kenya Hospitality Leaders Association, says there are investors who set up businesses in the western Kenya region, with the KIA being the main factor, and its delayed use internationally, has hit their businesses hard.

“We had expected that the larger aircrafts will start landing immediately after the expansion to international status,” Mr Anyal said.

The upgraded KIA was officially opened in February, 2012 by President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga.

Mr Vinod Patel, former Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE) western Kenya chairman says that the fishing industry in Lake Victoria is on its knees as Kenya imports fish from China. He says that opening up KIA to the international world will create market for local fish.

Further, flower grown in Nandi and Kericho areas, can be processed and packaged in Kisumu and then exported to Netherlands among others, through the KIA.

Currently, the flowers are being transported to Nairobi for export through Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).

However, National carrier — Kenya Airways — chief executive Mbuvi Ngunze says, airlines will always consider the level of direct traffic between an airport and another international destination, before international flights can commence.

“Air transport is an investment and a firm in that business like Kenya Airways, will always be looking at, where is the fine balance between the traffic that is originating from a place to where it is going,” said Mr Ngunze.

Mombasa for instance, has seasonal air traffic. Kenya Airways has done flights for example, Nairobi, Mombasa, Jeddah (a city in Saudi Arabia), because of the Hajj festivities (an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca), because it is a very specific traffic.

Mr Ngunze argues that International airport does not mean that there has to be an international flight immediately.

“A country plans for 10 to 15 years ahead, and that is the way we should think actually,” he added.

The Kenya Airways CEO clarifies that infrastructure by its very nature starts to attract traffic, and then over time, that traffic then demands that an international flight be started.

“So let’s not worry about it today. Worry that there is infrastructure that you can go to Kisumu in 40 minutes today, that is the most important thing,” he said.

Another major concern by business stakeholders and hoteliers in western Kenya region has been that there have been occasions when planes were diverted by the Kenyan authorities to as far as International Airports in neighboring countries, while by passing KIA, which they felt should have been the first option.

Mr Anthony Ochieng, the chief executive officer Lake Victoria Tourism Association (LVTA), a body formed to promote tourism in western Kenya, says the lakeside airport should have been the first alternative in times of crisis, adding that.

Mr Ochieng adds that the western region has the numbers needed to enable international flights directly to the KIA a reality because there are quite a number of businesspersons, county government officials, who fly from KIA to JKIA, and then connect to Dubai, China, India, among others.

“There are also business persons who prefer driving to Kampala because it is nearer and cheaper rather than take a flight from KIA to JKIA then proceed to Entebbe International Airport,” Mr Ochieng said.

Jetlink which used to fly from Kisumu to Mwanza in Tanzania and had given the KIA a feel of the East African region, ran into financial challenges and stopped operations. The High Court recently allowed an application for it to be wound up over a Sh4 billion debt.

Mr Arthur Mahasi, a tourism and wildlife consultant on his part holds the position that for international airport to operate efficiently, they must be economically viable.

“There is no airline which will drop off passengers or cargo at an airport and return empty. By aviation economics, that is not possible, they should return fully loaded," he says.

He says the national and county governments should revive the collapsed textile industry in Nyanza region, and also support the horticulture and fishing sector so that sufficient products can be available for export directly to Europe and other world markets through KIA.

Mr Mahasi says beaches should be improved and Lake Victoria, which is the second largest fresh water mass in the world after Lake Superior in North America, should be made viable for water sports, while roads leading to key attractions sites should all be tarmacked.

“Domestic and international tourists don’t want to come and wallow in mad,” he said.

Further, neighbouring county governments in former Nyanza, Western and Rift Valley provinces, should jointly market their tourist products, so that rather than spend only two days to sample attraction sites in Nyanza, the visitors will be kept busy for at least a week, sampling what the counties in these areas have to offer and thus, spend more in the region, hotels remain booked for long and a vast array of businesses and services that serve the industry also benefit.

“These county governments should assist the tourists plan their holiday so cleverly and keenly so that they see different things and appreciate different cultures every day and by the end of it, they have spent enough money locally,” Mr Mahasi argues.

There are counties which have out-priced themselves when it comes to tourism because in addition to tax paid to the central government, some county governments have also introduced other taxes targeting this sector. Such taxes should be removed so that tourism is affordable.

Airport yet to benefit from Sh3.3bn facelift
 
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Kenya Loses Regional Fuel Traffic to Tanzania Over Contamination


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October 25, 2016 — 9:12 AM CEST


  • Rwanda, Burundi, Congo also prefer bigger Tanzania load limits
  • Haulers not anxious about losing cargo to new Kenyan railway

Rwanda and Burundi stopped importing their fuel needs through the Kenyan port of Mombasa because of the contamination of some cargoes and have opted to route shipments through Tanzania instead, according to the Kenya Transporters Association.

The East African nations switched routes earlier this year after finding that imports through Tanzania’s main port in Dar es Salaam were untainted, Chief Executive Officer Alfayo Otuke said in an interview. Tanzania also allows heavier loads, he said.

“Kenya’s position as the preferred petroleum importation route for landlocked East African nations is slipping out of our hands,” Otuke said Oct. 19. “It’s because importers feel our fuel is contaminated. We have unscrupulous traders. We have cases where some load transporters siphon fuel, add other products and when it gets to the destination countries, it is found to be adulterated.”




railway connecting Dar es Salaam to Burundi, Rwanda, Congo and Uganda. The link could rival Kenya’s own new line targeting the same countries. Construction of the first phase of that line, which will connect the port to the capital Nairobi, will be complete in about eight months.

Losing Business
The KTA is not overly concerned about the potential loss of business to a new Kenyan railway, Otuke said.

“The railway line has a fixed length, there’s the last mile that a transporter is always required,” Otuke said. Members will move half of their trucks to Nairobi and help move cargo to the owners throughout the region.

KTA members own about 40,000 trucks and have about 10 of them on every kilometer of the passage between Mombasa and the border with Uganda at any given time. Transporters expect to benefit from a new corridor Kenya is opening up between a planned port in Lamu, north of Mombasa, to South Sudan and Ethiopia in the north, Otuke said.

“We see a huge new market coming, which is not serviced by the standard-gauge railway," Otuke said.

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Tanzania signs MoU with Uganda on oil deal

The signing ceremony was witnessed here yesterday when the Tanzanian Minister for Energy and Minerals, Prof Sospiter Muhongo and his Ugandan counterpart, Minister for Energy, Ms Irene Muloni, signed the deal.

The signing contract came after thorough discussions that had been on-going between the technical teams from the two countries, which had agreed to adhere to some terms in the process of the implementation in order to make the project go fast enough and reach its deadline by 2020.

Prof Muhongo cited some of the terms which were discussed as on fiscal package which had gone through three stages of approval in the Tanzanian government machinery including the cabinet.

He further elaborated it that the cabinet has approved the fiscal package where two of the six incentives included in it in the required review of law tax, making the cabinet to direct the Attorney General (AG) to prepare and then submit it to parliament for consideration and approval.

The minister mentioned another area as operations at the port of Tanga, where its management in collaboration with the project company should resolve business issues so that smooth running of cargo handling and other related issues during the project operation will be attained.

Besides that the question of upgrading infrastructure was also well discussed and left as an obligation of the state parties to prioritise, requiring that feeder and access roads remaining alongside it became the obligation of the project.

Tanzania signs MoU with Uganda on oil deal
 
Railway transport for fertiliser launched

Speaking during the launching of fertiliser rail transportation from Dar es Salaam to upcountry, YARA Director General, Mr Alexandre Macedo said inland transport cost has been contributing to the increase of fertiliser prices in various regions.

He said transporting fertiliser from factories in Europe to Dar es Salaam port cost only 40 US dollar per tonne, but it cost 100 US dollar to transport the same from Dar es Salaam to Tabora by using road transport.

Mr Macedo said with rail transport, the total operation cost is cheaper. He said the company has responded to the government call to reduce fertiliser price and enable farmers across the country to engage in productive agriculture.

“We are doing everything in our powers to respond to the government request to reduce fertiliser prices, it has been very expensive to transport fertiliser from Dar es Salaam to other regions by road,” he said. He added that another challenging factor is the big number of intermediate, which include middlemen operations. He said the company is working closely with the government to solve the problem.

“We are working with the government to see how we can address this problem together, we need to take fertiliser to farmers at affordable price,” he said. According to Mr Macedo, his company has entered a contract with Tanzania Railway Limited (TRL) and that it can now transport between 800 and 1000 tonnes of fertiliser from Dar es Salaam to various regions at affordable price and on time. The company plans to transport at least 10,000 tonnes of fertiliser by using railway line per month.

He said YARA is satisfied with TRL services and that it initially tested the system by transporting a test cargo and found out to be not only fast, product safety guaranteed but also the products arrived in good condition. On October 14, this year, YARA loaded fertiliser consignment to 20 TRL wagons.

The consignment reached Tabora on October 10, this year. “TRL is an efficient company, they are reliable and capable of performing their duties without problems, YARA is confident that with this new strategy agriculture sector will record good performance in near future,” said Mr Macedo.

TRL’s deputy acting operational manager, Mr Focus Sahani said TRL has constructed a 600 metres railway line to YARA plant, where its locomotives and wagons load fertiliser directly from the firm’s warehouses. He said the company has invested 55m/- in the construction of the 600 metres railway line to the company’s loading site.

Mr Shani said TRL is efficiently offering quality and reliable services to YARA. He invited other companies to borrow a leaf from YARA so as to enjoy reliable transportation services in their businesses. “We are also inviting cement, oil and other companies to use TRL services,” he said.

He assured other companies that TRL has new engines, wagons and competent workers to offer quality and reliable transportation services. He said giant customers including GBP Oil Company in Tanga have already started using TRL.

Moreover, Mr Emmanuel Lyimo, a representative from Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) said using railway line to transport fertiliser is one of best strategies to cut down fertiliser cost and enable farmers to access the product at affordable price.

“We support these efforts and probably farmers will now manage to buy fertiliser and increase agriculture production,” he said. YARA terminal is part of SAGCOT flagship projects in Tanzania, whose cost efficient logistics is supported by and TRL connection.

Earlier this month, Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Charles Tizeba told participants of the second African fertiliser agribusiness conference, which took place in Dar es Salaam that the government was looking forward to establish bulk procurement system in the importation of fertilisers as one of measures to regulate prices and boost agriculture production in the country.

According to Dr Tizeba, bulk procurement in the fertiliser sector will enable the government to set indicative price for fertilisers in the country and thus regulate unusual increase of prices from time to time.

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Morocco on a diplomatic charm offensive in East Africa
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Moroccan King Mohammed VI with President Paul Kagame in Kigali, Rwanda on October 19, 2016. King Mohammed VI kicked off his East African tour in Rwanda and is set to take in Tanzania and Ethiopia. PHOTO | URUGWIRO VILLAGE

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  • The countries recent economic agreements with Rwanda, Tanzania and Ethiopia ranging from economy, gas, railways, banking, manufacturing and minerals as it seeks a share of the regions budding extractives industries but hidden within is its diplomatic manoeuvers as it seeks to exploit the ongoing African Union leadership contest for its own historical gain.
  • Morocco has been wooing African states in its bid to rejoin the African Union after it pulled out of the then the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 1984 over the admission of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) as a full member of the body. Then Morocco protested that Sahrawi was part of its monarch.


The bid to diversify its investments, diplomatic outreach and the region’s fledging extractives and infrastructure projects has seen Morocco out on a diplomatic charm in East Africa, after a similar move in West Africa paid off with vast economic investments.

The countries recent economic agreements with Rwanda, Tanzania and Ethiopia ranging from economy, gas, railways, banking, manufacturing and minerals as it seeks a share of the regions budding extractives industries but hidden within is its diplomatic manoeuvers as it seeks to exploit the ongoing African Union leadership contest for its own historical gain.

Morocco King Mohammed VI was in Rwanda, Tanzania and Ethiopia as part of the country’s efforts to build diplomatic relation with the region and seek support for its readmission to the African Union (AU).

Morocco has been wooing African states in its bid to rejoin the African Union after it pulled out of the then the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 1984 over the admission of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) as a full member of the body. Then Morocco protested that Sahrawi was part of its monarch.

READ: Morocco lobbies East Africa for re-entry into the African Union

Mid this year, Morocco sought for its readmission to the African union (AU) after its three decade hiatus over the Western Sahara controversy.

Interestingly, the Morocco’s leader’s itinerary didn’t include Kenya, yet early this year, Rabat had said that it considered Kenya a neutral negotiator that would push for its readmission into the AU.

Morocco special envoy Taieb Fassi Fihri said they considered Kenya as an honest and neutral broker who can partner with his country in achieving peace.

“All we want is our membership to be reinstated without pre-conditions. We want to be part and parcel of the African Union as we want to work for all people,” Mr Firhi said. Peter Fabricius, a consultant with the Institute of Security Studies say that Morocco push right now could be well timed because of M Dlamini Zuma’s exit, a figure Rabat has seen as an opponent in its move to have SADR membership at the AU suspended.

“The AU Constitutive Act does not have any provision for the expulsion of any Member State of the Union. The act itself can however be changed by two-thirds majority and this is Morocco’s game plan. It is the reason for this support seeking visit by Rabat,” Mr Fabricius said adding that with SADR out of the AU body, then its much sought referendum will be in doubt too, something Morocco has always wanted.

Morocco considers Western Sahara an important part of the kingdom while the Saharawi people want a referendum on independence. Outside of the AU agenda, the country is also keen on pushing its geopolitical supremacy battle with Algeria a notch higher as it tries to grow its economic influence outside of West Africa.

The two countries have been at loggerheads since Algeria decided to offer refuge to the Western Saharans’ national liberation movement. At the recent AU summit in Kigali, Algeria rejected any attempt to suspend SADR’s membership, a move that irked Rabat.

In Tanzania, Morocco signed an agreement to construct the Mtwara to Mbamba bay railway network that would link the coal and iron ore projects in Mchuchuma and Liganga.

The two countries also saw a code share agreement reached between Air Tanzania and Morocco’s Royal Air Maroc that will see direct flights between the two countries actualised.

Additional reporting by Beatrice Materu.



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Tanzania, DRC to collaborate on oil and gas exploration
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Prof Muhongo said that initially, DRC would export about 30,000 barrels of oil per day, thus including the 200,000 crude oil barrels from Uganda, then the Tanga port would be busy by receiving 230,000 barrels per day.

Officials from the governments of Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are in negotiations aiming developing a mutual agreement and collaboration to explore for oil and gas in lake Tanganyika.

The DRC oil minister, Mr Aime Mgoi Mukena Lusaduese, is already in Tanga to hold talks with Tanzanian senior government officials from the responsible ministry in order to reach a mutual agreement on the matter. He also invited business people from Tanzania to go to his country to invest in the oil sector, because there is still room for such investment taking into account that his country has very few business people in the sector.

Briefing journalists, Tanzanian Energy and Minerals minister Prof Sospeter Muhongo said the visit is meant to facilitate talks that will enable the two countries to explore for oil and gas in Lake Tanganyika.

DRC is also looking to use Tanga port through the East African Community Crude Oil Pipeline to reach the world market with it’s oil. Prof Muhongo said that initially, DRC would export about 30,000 barrels of oil per day, thus including the 200,000 crude oil barrels from Uganda, then the Tanga port would be busy by receiving 230,000 barrels per day.

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State focuses on flagship projects

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THE government yesterday unveiled the 32.946trn/- National Development Plan Proposal and Budget Framework for 2017/2018, with special focus on execution of various flagship projects.

Presenting the framework before parliamentarians here, Finance and Planning Minister, Dr Philip Mpango, said the 19.782tri/- is planned for recurrent expenditure, with the remaining 13.164trn/- that accounts for 40 per cent of the total budget directed to development projects.

Under the new proposal, the government aims at raising its expenditure next year by about 12 per cent from this financial year’s 29.54tri/-. Dr Mpango said the government remains determined to intensify revenue collection strategies to raise more revenues to finance the government’s budget.

Some of the measures, according to the minister, include identifying new sources of revenues, revisiting all contracts with tax exemptions and intensifying the monitoring systems at all tax collecting points, including the ports, airports and borders.

The minister said the projects on which the government envisages throwing its full weight for smooth execution include the Central Line Standard Gauge, Liganga Iron Ore and Mchuchuma Coal Mine and Liquefied Natural Gas Plant project in Lindi.

He told the House that the government plans to raise 20.872tri/-, which accounts for about 63 per cent of the tentative budget, from domestics sources, including local government authorities own sources, with other funds received as grants and concessional loans from development partners and external nonconcessional loans.

Dr Mpango asserted that the framework aims at transforming the economy into the real middle income status through sustaining macroeconomic stability and developing industries for job creation.

“We look forward to improved basic infrastructure for provision of water, power and transportation to bolster industrial development as well as raise agricultural production to supply industries with the required raw materials,” he noted.

With the government still allocating 40 per cent of the total budget for development projects, the minister said the proposal focuses on creating conducive environment for business and investment to attract domestic and foreign investors in industrial and agricultural sectors.

The minister also affirmed the government was working round the clock to ensure GDP annual growth rate hits 7.5 in 2017, 7.9 in 2018 and 8.2 in 2019. The budget committee commended the government for coming up with the framework, which signals the state commitment to transform the country into an industrial economy.

The committee, in a speech read by its chairperson Hawa Ghasia, advised the government to tighten controls against imports of products which can be domestically manufactured. She said it was high time the state imposed heavy taxes on such imports to discourage their importation and encourage local manufacturing.

On the other hand, the committee also warned the government against undertaking many projects at once, advising instead to focus on few priorities and important projects.

“The government should choose few projects to accomplish instead of running loads of activities which sometimes remain unfinished,” advised Ms Ghasia, calling on the government to convene a meeting with owners of all defunct factories to chart out the best strategies to revive them.

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Dar eyes international air routes

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President John Magufuli said this during his first address to members of the press. He added that negotiations with the manufacturer are going on and further talks are set for next month.

“We have allocated 10 million US dollars (21.80bn/) as advance payment for a new Boeing,” Dr Magufuli said, adding that three more aircraft are also scheduled to arrive anytime in June, next year. He detailed that the new fleet, which is tailored to revive the nation’s flag carrier, includes two SC 300 jets with up to 300 passenger seats and one Bombardier Dash 8400.

The plan, according to the president, is designed to transform the nation’s infrastructure and to spur development through industries and tourism. According to President Magufuli, Tanzania is not performing well in the tourism industry.

Citing Morocco, the president said the far northern African country registered 10.3 million arrivals last year and expects about 14 million this year, while Tanzania was still struggling with only two million tourist arrivals. He explained that the government commitments on improving infrastructure is undisputed. “We allocated 1trn/- for the construction of the central railway line at standard gauge.

The tender for construction has already attracted more than 40 firms. The project will start from Dar es Salaam to Morogoro in the first phase and will be funded by the government,” he noted. He went on detailing that the government’s plan to shift its administration capital to Dodoma will also open up new tourism attraction sites.

As strategy, he said his administration is embarking on reviving all regional airports and to start with Kigoma, Iringa, Morogoro, Singida and Mwanza to ease landing of flights in the regions. Nevertheless, President Magufuli said his government will ensure by 2018 the national flag carrier can be able to compete with other airline on regional destinations.

“By 2018 we will be in a good position in the airline industry,” he said. Meanwhile, the president said he was prompted to implement the election manifesto which, among other things, campaign for improved economy. Improving infrastructure, according to the head of state, would help improve the economy.

“This is why we’re also working on flyovers at Tazara and other places. The goal is to ease the movement of goods and services.” The government under Magufuli is eying an industry powered economy. Figures from the government show Tanzania will need to generate a 5000MW of electricity up from the current 1500MW to power the industrial economy.

Dr Magufuli said yesterday that doors are open to all investors to invest in the energy sector.

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Dear Geza Ulole, you seem to be the most passionate (and very Idle) member around here. Question is...what else do you do?? How do you help Tanzania grow??

I hope you're not all talk, and that you actually have a job somewhere that keeps you busy as you fish for articles and senseless comments to post.
 
Gitimu Peter, thank u for that unpleasant comment. U should hav noticed this thread is here for over 5 months n whatever i posted has been an accummulation of posts from different days. As far as what i do, that's too personal n i am pretty sure my job is good n high paying in World standards.
 
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